Warm Up Ecology Review

All the populations of living things int he same place are a(n)......?

• Biosphere

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Popluation

What characteristics or adaptations do animals have that live in the tundra?

• Large ears to cool body temperatures

• Large strong beaks to break open fruit from trees

• Strong limbs to climb trees

• Thick fur to keep warm

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A triangle-shaped diagram that shows how energy is lost

• Biosphere

• Energy pyramid

• Omnivore

• Parasite

Which biome has low precipitation, seasons, and main producers are grasses?

• Grassland

• Rainforest

• Savanna

• Tundra

Ecology is...

• The study of the interaction between living things and their environment.

• food, water, shelter

• the study of earth

• the study of ecosystems

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Peach seeds are located inside fruit. How do peach seeds most likely spread?

• by being digested by animals

• by being carried by the wind

• by being carried by the water

• by catching inside animals fur to be carried by them

Why did Darwin's finches on the Galapagos islands develop different shaped beaks?

• Each beak is designed for a different food source

• all of them have the same beak so they can get all the food

• they all have average beaks but only try to eat one type of food

• beak design depends on how well it attracts predators

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Beaks that are best adapted to their environment...

• pick up a large variety of food

• can only pick up one type of food

• can pick up a little bit of each type of food

• will die out

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According to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection

• organisms pass on their traits

• the organisms better suited to their environment survive and reproduce at higher rates

• organisms produce only a small number of offspring

• a small change in an organism is unlikely to improve their survival

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Barnacles on whales is an example of:

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• migration